A 19-year-old student at Mt Kenya University (MKU) main has been found dead in Thika Town.
Faith Musembi was found lifeless in her room at Pilot Estate, where she resided. Her lifeless body was discovered by her father Boniface Musembi.
Speaking to the press on Friday May 10, 2024, the deceased father stated that they received a call from an unknown individual demanding a ransom of Ksh20,000 for the release of their daughter.
The caller was using the deceased’s phone. Musembi said that his wife hurriedly sent the money for the sake of their daughter’s safety, as he left for Thika to pursue the matter.
He reported the matter at a Police Station in Thika but said that the officers allegedly downplayed the matter and dismissed it as a trick game by the deceased, her friends, or her boyfriend.
Dissatisfied with the response at the police station, Musembi went to MKU to seek help in finding the daughter, he said.
It was already past midnight, forcing him to spend the night at the university.
On Thursday, May 9 morning, Musembi said he went to the house where his daughter was staying but found it locked with a padlock. He said he knocked and called out her name severally but there was no response.
He inquired from the neighbours on the whereabouts of her daughter in vain.
He went out and asked a vegetable vendor if she had seen her and was informed she had sold the deceased vegetables the previous day.
Musembi went back to another police station where he reported the matter but said the officers again downplayed the ordeal as a trick usually staged by students whenever they want to siphon money from their parents or relatives.
Determined to unearth the whereabouts of his daughter, Musembi went back to her residence and broke into the house on his own. To his shock, he found his daughter’s lifeless body lying on the bed.
It was then that the police rushed to the scene. They later moved the body to the mortuary.
An autopsy conducted at the Thika General Kago Funeral Home indicated that she succumbed due to excessive bleeding.
The report indicated that she had bleeding in the uterus caused by an abruption placenta (the placenta had detached itself leading to excessive bleeding).
It’s not clear what prompted the condition. Police authorities in Thika and Kiambu said they are investigating the police action on the report and the murder.
The motive is yet to be established. The woman’s mobile phone is still missing.
